March 2012
13 posts
“I’m not strange, I’m just not normal.”
– Salvador Dali
I saw myself differently than who I've become
The manifestation of hate, anger, guilt, shame, resentment and rage prevent me from getting out of bed, brush my teeth, make coffee, eat and go to work. Is it possible to call in sick with symptoms of unmotivation, uninspiration, hopelessness and infinite despair? I cry for the loss of a vision; I desperately seek for an immense shift in my thinking and searching sends me into another dimension of...
Underneath the Mask I Wear
You see me as rational as witty, warm and wise but underneath the mask I wear another spirit cries You see me as a champion you put your faith in me but underneath the mask I wear defeat is all I see You see me as a survivor who’s mastered all the pain but underneath the mask I wear I think that I’m insane
Pain Wore a Mask
It cuts like a knife when I’ve given it all Time is so cruel, yet I was strong in my fall I didn’t know it because pain wore a mask And all I gave, received nothing in return When it is too late, it will be known All that I am is what’s known as home
Pride and Prejudice
Just look at her, they whispered She thinks she’s so cool cause she lives in the city Went all cosmopolitan on us Walks in high heels with head up high She’s sooo stuck up Wears lipstick, mascara and blush Talks with big words She acts like she’s trying to be ‘qassaq,’ that traitor One time I saw her in the city, she just ignored me Just look at them looking at me,...
Random National Media Encounter
In February 2012, I was home in Mountain Village for meetings and Yup’ik dance festival. My grandma was interviewed by MSNBC.com on the topic of ‘extremes’ in America. This story is about ‘age extremes.’ The oldest population in Sumpter, Florida. The extreme is the youngest population which happens to be in the Wade Hampton Census Area. Jim Seida, MSNBC...
WatchThis :16 second video is taken at a Yup’ik Dance Festival in Mountain Village; this clip is of the Cup’ik Dance Group from Chevak who were an audience favorite. In the video is Cody Pequeno in the front row. They are Rockstars.
“We don’t need to huff and puff, let’s get it done. It’s not...”
– Cheer Bear, Care Bears
What does it mean to be a Feminist?
My hairstylist, K.J., requested a group of young women to answer a broad question, ‘What does it mean to be a feminist?’ Below is my response which was published in her book for her senior project at UAA:
In Annette Jaimes’s article, “American Indian Women: At the Center of Indigenous Resistance in North America.” She argues that Native women activists, except those...
Totally Picky and Pretentious
I know, I know, you don’t like brown. Or purple. And that font over there is too small to read. You forgot a period after that comment. Rework that sentence. Move that paragraph over here. Your ‘m’s’ are inconsistent when you write. The PowerPoint photographs are pixelated and forgot to title that slide.
And don’t even get me started on squares, they’re...
Resolutions NOT to Make Resolutions
I’m not normally a resolution maker, but I think as I age I can see the wisdom in such an exercise. Know what else I’ve learned with age? Life is too short to:
a) wait until you’re alone to pull your underwear out of your butt,
b) obey the sign that says, NO RIGHT TURN ON RED and
c) listen to anyone who suggests that watching two hours of botfly infestation videos on YouTube...
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'Making Plans to Reduce Suicide' →
Pick up a copy of the First Alaskans Magazine, I wrote a 2,500 word column about suicide education and prevention. It is not published online, here is a link to the magazine where you may order a copy.
'Creating Culturally Relevant Cancer Education' →
In my spare time, I’m writing columns for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Alaska Native Arts Foundation. This one is about ‘Culturally Relevant Cancer Education.’
'Nowitna River Artist Rendition of the Last Great... →
Rose Albert is the featured artist for the months of March and April at the Alaska Native Arts Foundation in downtown Anchorage.
Art and Iditarod →
Fabulous Alaskan photographer, Bill Hess, shoots ‘Art and Iditarod Shape Rose Albert’s life.’
February 2011
1 post
Column: Photos from a 'Nomadic Thinker' →
July 2010
8 posts
Lists of Lists
1. Things I shouldn’t say to my parents: a) Shit b) Vote Republican c) Holy Be-Jesus
2. Things I shouldn’t eat when the threat of possible blotation could ruin a perfectly good outfit: a) Fresh broccoli b) Canned chili c) Those four bean burritos and that plate of potato salad
3. People I’d Like to toss off a bridge: a) Ryan Seacrest b) Carson Daly c) Ted Nugent
4....
Little Sister Bear Cub Breakfast
Scene: One Saturday morning my little sister cub (yes, we've given ourselves BEAR names) called and wanted to go to breakfast.
Me: Where do you want to go?
Little Sister Cub: I don't know.
(Me thinking...shouldn't you have an idea of where you want to go since you're initiating the invite?)
Me: What about Middleway Cafe?
Little Sister Cub: No, that's too organic-y.
Me: How is it "too organic-y?"
Little Sister Cub: There are a lot of hippies there.
(Me thinking...she's making a generalized statement. Then I remembered she speaks her mind without a filter.)
Me: What about Granny Bee's? It's HOME COOKIN.
Granny Bee's menu features four different kinds of breakfast meat, eggs, pancakes and everything comes with hash browns. It's like a mini-Gwennie's except they only accept cash.
“I collect laughs.”
– Anonymous
June 2010
17 posts
The Spiraling, Ridiculously Flawed Logic of an...
age 7: My parents fight a lot, get divorced and we move from Mountain Village to Anchorage. I do well in all my classes and they want to skip me from first grade to third. My parents said no. I’m obviously not trying hard enough to make them happy.
age 11: My mom meets TEK and gives birth to twins. I like to read a lot, its my only escape from reality.
age 15: I am awkward, wear glasses...
Eminem Confronts His Inner Demons In 'Recovery' →
His name is Marshall Mathers, but he’s better known as hip-hop musician Eminem.
Because it Needs to be Said
Brother: "Where's your friend with the "S" name?"
Me: "Saagulik?"
Brother: "Yes, when I was little, she told me not to care what others thought of me."
“Trina, you’ve been hiding under a rock since you moved home from New York....”
– J.L.
“I was captured by the steely beauty of those sentences. It helped make me a...”
– Michael Cunningham
They didn't do a Back-Flips into my Heart
Once upon a time, there was a stinky, witty guy who smelled like old sweat. I went on a date with him. The stinky, witty guy was so stink, I had to sit as far away as possible in my seat and breathe the other direction from where he was sitting. The lady sitting next to me probably thought I was taking a Lamaze class next to her. Poor.
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Once upon...
Dream: If Mountain Villages goes Damp...
Last night, I dreamt that I sat down to talk with the guy who is leading the push for Mountain Village to go “damp.”
If Mountain Village goes Damp... →
By TRINA LANDLORD
If Mountain Village goes Damp…
It’s set up for devastation and destruction. I believe that if Mountain Village goes from a dry community to damp, we’ll need to prepare to clean up the wreckage of the future. Yes, alcohol still permeates into the veins of the community. I’ve witnessed the wounds in the faces of family and friends from the damage of alcohol and drugs too many...
